John Walker Lindh and hundreds more have been sent to prison for terrorism, treason and other crimes. The release of the “American Taliban”, scheduled for Thursday, shows how little the US has done to prepare for the moment they are set free. The American-born Lindh was captured on the battlefield during the US invasion of […]
Over the years, the hunt for the remains of the last ship known to have brought enslaved people into the United States has been fraught with a mix of tumult and hope. There was a discovery last year of wreckage that, after much excitement and international headlines, was determined a false alarm. Hopes were raised, […]
A 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died in US custody last year, a previously unreported case that brings to six the number of migrant children known to have died after being detained by border authorities in eight months. The girl had a history of congenital heart defects and died in September at a hospital in […]
The National Rifle Association sued its most prominent contractor on Wednesday, even as the gun group declared that it was “now moving forward” from an ugly power struggle that had consumed its leadership at the highest levels. In the lawsuit, the group accused Ackerman McQueen, its longtime advertising firm, of breaching its contract by orchestrating […]
NEW YORK • It is hard to think of a more potent symbolism: In one of his first public outings since US President Donald Trump’s decision to blacklist Huawei Technologies, Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to visit a rare earth plant on Monday. Rare earths have traditionally been a tool of China’s political-economic fights. When […]
More than 50 people at the North End gathered over drinks, food and music on Wednesday to celebrate the launch of the North End Startup & Training Program (NEST) aimed at combating gentrification. The program offers Indigenous, black and off-reserve Indigenous North End community members micro loans and mentorships that can help them kickstart their […]
Calgary city councillors are debating traffic laws, deciding whether they want to ask the province to allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. The proposal would ask the province to make rolling stops at stop signs legal for cyclists. The stops are dubbed Idaho stops, named for the law that originated in that […]
Alcohol is considered a factor in a fatal rollover in northern Saskatchewan this past long weekend, according to La Ronge RCMP. A single-vehicle collision on Highway 2 was reported approximately 15 kilometres north of Weyakwin at roughly 3:45 p.m. CT on May 18. Initial investigation determined the northbound vehicle left the roadway and rolled down […]
Karen Wesman has a home. It’s in Enderby. But right now, she considers herself homeless. “I stay with a friend in Kelowna sometimes; I stay with my daughter in Vernon,” she said. Wesman says she’s staying with friends and family because she can’t live in her home after a renovation job, which started more than […]
Staff with the City of Ottawa have spent the last several weeks planning for post-flooding recovery work in several communities bordering the Ottawa River, but they say the water levels still haven’t receded enough for the city to launch that effort. The city’s state of emergency — declared on April 25 — remains in effect, […]